Psalms 81:1
Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
In Context
2Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:17And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.
Psalms 18:1Unto the end, for David the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this canticle, in the day that the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. [2 Kings 22.]
Psalms 33:1A psalm for David. Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.
Psalms 46:11Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms 52:7Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.
Psalms 67:4Let people confess to thee, O God: let all people give praise to thee.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:1
This psalm was penned, as is supposed, not upon occasion of any particular providence, but for the solemnity of a particular ordinance, either that of the new-moon in general or that of the feast of trumpets on the new moon of the seventh month, Lev. xxiii. 24 ; Num. xxix. 1 . When David, by the Spirit, introduced the singing of psalms into the temple-service this psalm was intended for that day, to excite and assist the proper devotions of it. All the psalms are profitable; but, if one psalm be more suitable than… Read the whole commentary →